T.I. and Tiny have lost their copyright infringement lawsuit against the L.O.L. Surprise! doll maker MGA Entertainment, as a jury ruled in favor of the toymaker on Friday. The rapper (real name Clifford Harris) and Tiny (Tameka Cottle) initially sued MGA Entertainment for allegedly stealing the name, likeness, and trade …
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Hugh Grant’s lawsuit over decade-old claims that he was targeted by Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers — specifically the UK’s The Sun — can proceed to trial, a U.K. high court ruled Friday. Grant — in addition to other British celebrities like Prince Harry, whose lawsuit against News Group is …
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Six former employees have sued Elon Musk and Twitter over broken severance promises in a lawsuit that also shines a light on the allegedly dysfunctional inner workings of the social media company in the aftermath of Musk’s acquisition. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in a Delaware district court and obtained by …
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A judge has rebuffed complaints over the proposed settlement reached in the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MoFi) class action lawsuit, which sprung out of a major audiophile controversy last year. Last summer, MoFi came under fire for its “Original Master Recording” and “Ultradisc One Step” vinyl series, which the company …
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Jimmie Allen has been accused of sexual battery, assault, and false imprisonment in a lawsuit filed against the country singer by one of his former managers. The lawsuit, filed in a Tennessee district court Thursday and obtained by Rolling Stone, details a series of alleged sexual assaults and other misconduct …
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Ed Sheeran won a copyright infringement trial on Thursday, and so has music itself, at least according to some music copyright experts. With Sheeran coming away victorious in the much-publicized “Thinking Out Loud”/ “Let’s Get It On” trial, music copyright experts tell Rolling Stone they’re hopeful the decision will chill …
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Ed Sheeran spent another day in court attempting to convince non-musicians that “Thinking Out Loud” didn’t rip off Marvin Gaye‘s “Let’s Get It On.” On Monday, the singer whipped out his guitar once again, this time running through four acoustic song mashups between his song and ones from Nina Simone, …
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Adidas shareholders have filed a class action lawsuit alleging that the clothing company failed to minimize the fallout over their since-terminated partnership with Kanye West, which resulted in a sharp decline in Adidas’ stock. The lawsuit, filed in an Oregon district court Friday and obtained by Rolling Stone, claims that …
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Ed Sheeran played his guitar and sang on the witness stand in Manhattan federal court on Thursday. The singer sought to prove he did not dupeMarvin Gaye’s soul classic “Let’s Get It On” duringthe copyright infringement trial. The British singer-songwriter strummed the four-chord progression at the core of his hit …
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Ed Sheeran took the stand on Tuesday in a New York courtroom, denying accusations that his hit song “Thinking Out Loud,” copied Marvin Gaye’s soul classic “Let’s Get It On.” A lawyer defending the estate of a co-writer of Gaye’s 1973 song said he had “smoking gun” evidence that Ed …
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